stjames1_53 (07-06-2018)
Last edited by Captdon; 07-06-2018 at 06:10 PM.
Liberals are a clear and present danger to our nation
Pick your enemies carefully.
Admiral Ackbar (07-06-2018),MisterVeritis (07-09-2018),stjames1_53 (07-06-2018)
Admiral Ackbar (07-06-2018),stjames1_53 (07-06-2018)
Lets hope more trees can be cut! Last year I purchased an Amish made Barnwood table and chairs. It is beyond awesome. The texture the carftsmans ship. I don't know how many trees died to make this table but however many it was it was well worth their sacrifice!
I LOVE wood furniture.....
"Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining"----Fletcher in The Outlaw Josey Wales
Captdon (07-07-2018),stjames1_53 (07-06-2018)
Nobody has ever died from a spiked tree and that wasn't the reason people were spiking them, it was to deter logging, in fact, groups like Earth First would warn the companies if certain old growth trees were spiked. Only one serious injury ever really came from a spiked tree and do some simple research and it shows that most likely it was from a disgruntled employee not an environmentalist. It's more urban legend now than it is an actual real fear. It was short lived and peaked before I was even born. So you guys should let go of that argument.
As for fire versus replanting...one is natural (unless it's arson or human error) and the other is managed. A natural forest fire is not a bad thing in most cases since it clears out dead undergrowth and makes room for new growth but most natural forest fires are localized and brief and the regrowth forms in natural ways. Logging and clear cutting followed by a re-planting creates a tree farm of an unnatural line of the same species of trees that are also one day slated to be logged. While it still houses a variety of species once it matures it is nowhere close to supporting the level of biodiversity it once had before the clear cutting occurred, especially an old growth forest. Go walk an old growth forest, there are plenty here in Oregon, and then go walk a tree farm. They are not the same thing. I'm not saying that an empty field is better than a replanted tree farm/forest, but I am saying that a mature, wild forest supports far more biodiversity than a the replanted one.
Last edited by Chloe; 07-06-2018 at 06:43 PM.
Alaska Born ~ Oregon Grown